{"product_id":"boy-alone-a-brothers-memoir-isbn-9780061136672","title":"Boy Alone: A Brother's Memoir","description":"\u003cp\u003e“Boy Alone unlocks the heart and lets the emotions pour out: grief, despair, anger, love, devotion and wonder. Whether you are a parent or a sibling of someone with autism or just looking in from the outside through this rarely opened window into the complex life of a family coping with autism, you will never forget this book.” —Portia Iversen, Co-Founder of Cure Autism Now Foundation and author of Strange Son\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA Washington Post Book World Best Book of the Year\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this literary tour de force, Karl Taro Greenfield, acclaimed journalist and author of China Syndrome, tells the story of his life growing up with his brother, chronicling the hopes, dreams, and realities of life with an autistic sibling. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKarl Taro Greenfeld knew from an early age that his little brother, Noah, was not like other children. He was unable to communicate verbally or tie his shoes, and despite his angelic demeanor was prone to violent outbursts. No doctor, social worker, or specialist could pinpoint what was wrong with Noah beyond a general diagnosis: autism. The boys' parents dedicated their lives to caring for their younger son—a challenging, often painful experience that their father detailed in a bestselling trilogy of books.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBoy Alone is Karl Taro Greenfeld's unforgettable memoir of growing up in Noah's shadow, revealing the complex mix of rage, confusion, and love that defined the author's childhood—a beautiful, haunting, and wholly original exploration of what it means to be a family, a brother, a person.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis unflinching account goes beyond the diagnosis, exploring the fault lines of family, loyalty, and what it truly means to be a brother.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eThe Sibling Experience:\u003c\/b\u003e A raw, first-person account of growing up in the shadow of a beloved but profoundly disabled brother, navigating a landscape of jealousy, fierce loyalty, and guilt.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eA Family Redefined by Autism:\u003c\/b\u003e Witness a family’s relentless, decades-long search for answers and therapies, from the controversial theories of Bruno Bettelheim to the pioneering work of Ivar Lovaas.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eA Brother’s Confession:\u003c\/b\u003e Greenfeld holds nothing back, exploring the complicated, often contradictory emotions that define his relationship with Noah—from rage and resentment to a profound, unbreakable love.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eA Story Within a Story:\u003c\/b\u003e Discover the unique dynamic of a family of writers, where the author’s father chronicled Noah’s childhood in a bestselling trilogy, creating a public narrative that Karl now reclaims with his own powerful voice.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e | \u003cp\u003eKarl Taro Greenfeld knew from an early age that his little brother, Noah, was not like other children. He was unable to communicate verbally or tie his shoes, and despite his angelic demeanor was prone to violent outbursts. No doctor, social worker, or specialist could pinpoint what was wrong with Noah beyond a general diagnosis: autism. The boys' parents dedicated their lives to caring for their younger son—a challenging, often painful experience that their father detailed in a bestselling trilogy of books. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eBoy Alone\u003c\/em\u003e is Karl Taro Greenfeld's unforgettable memoir of growing up in Noah's shadow, revealing the complex mix of rage, confusion, and love that defined the author's childhood—a beautiful, haunting, and wholly original exploration of what it means to be a family, a brother, a person. \u003c\/p\u003e | \u003cp\u003e“A vivid, compelling, painfully honest sibling story. My heart went out to Karl. I couldn’t put this book down.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eRachel Simon, author of Riding The Bus With My Sister\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Deep, dark, and devastating, \u003cem\u003eBoy Alone\u003c\/em\u003e is remarkable in its ruthless honesty, exceptional writing, and eye-opening subject matter. A fascinating and powerful read.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eJanice Erlbaum, author of Have You Found Her\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“This is a truly beautiful and powerful book. Karl Greenfeld has written his own angle on the story of his autistic brother Noah, made famous in the works of their father Josh Greenfeld. Karl turns his sibling saga into a lyrical exploration of love, mystery, family, and what makes us human. He also dances around hope and reality, fact and fiction, in a way that will startle you. The result is a masterpiece of literature and memory that will leave you breathless.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eWalter Isaacson, author of Benjamin Franklin: An American Life\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Gripping.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSuki Casanave, Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Recent autism memoirs range from accounts of strenuous ‘healing’ to reflection on accepting the condition. Such a reaction isn’t found in Greenfeld’s book. . . . Karl resolves the conflict he sets up . . . with a surprise twist that may remind some readers of ‘The Sixth Sense.’” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePolly Morrice, New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“\u003cem\u003eBoy Alone\u003c\/em\u003e unlocks the heart and lets the emotions pour out: grief, despair, anger, love, devotion and wonder. Whether you are a parent or a sibling of someone with autism or just looking in from the outside through this rarely opened window into the complex life of a family coping with autism, you will never forget this book.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePortia Iversen, Co-Founder of Cure Autism Now and author of Strange Son\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“A candid, brave, painful and very well-written memoir about a truly tragic family situation.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePeter Matthiessen, author of The Shadow Country\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“In his extraordinary memoir, Karl Greenfeld details what it is like to grow up next to a ‘beautiful’ boy with whom he can never play and never connect and who never returns his love, but who, nonetheless, is the most important fact of his life. Greenfeld’s story goes beyond autism, however; it is also a brilliant depiction of male adolescence and a meditation on what family means and what we owe one another in this life.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMichael Thompson, Ph.D., co-author of Raising Cain\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Karl Taro Greenfeld grows from child to boy to man, variously resisting and succumbing to the force of his brother’s autism. The reader has no choice but to take the same emotional, heartwarming, tragic, comic, frustrating, loving, painful, uplifting journey.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePaul A. Offit, author of Autism's False Prophets\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Sibling rivalry—and love—of a ravaging kind is the subject of this unsparing memoir of the author’s life with his severely autistic brother. 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